- Pony Da Look
Pony Da Look is all-female keyboard band from
Toronto ,Ontario ,Canada . The band members are Temple Bates (composer/keyboards/vocals), Amy Bowles (lyrics/vocals/keyboards), Rebecca Mendoza (drums) and Catherine Stockhausen (keyboards/vocals).This Toronto band’s unusual sound has been described as “medieval ghost pop”, “sexy robot make-out music” and “
ABBA and theB-52s meets a history of organ music”, though the band members themselves prefer “four gargoyles spewing juices from our throats”.Pony Da Look released their first self-titled album in 2001, then followed it up with "The Forcefield Weakens" in 2003. The two releases combined attracted attention from Canadian music major players like
Polaris Music Prize winnerOwen Pallett (Final Fantasy),Joel Gibb (The Hidden Cameras ) and Sloan.Sloan signed Pony Da Look to their label
Murderecords in 2007 and released "Shattered Dimensions" in 2008. Though artistically diverse, Pony Da Look and Sloan have been fans and friends of each other for years. Rebecca Mendoza and Sloan'sChris Murphy celebrated the birth of their son Francisco in 2007.Bowles and Bates continue to paint and exhibit regularly. Mendoza is a modern dancer and choreographer Stockhausen is a TV producer and photographer.
tudio albums
*2001: "Pony Da Look"
*2003: "The Forcefield Weakens "
*2008: "Shattered Dimensions "References
External links
*myspace|ponydalook|Pony Da Look
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